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At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.

Moliere

The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
MOLIERE

Man Precise Smart
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
MOLIERE

Cook Food Himself World
One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
MOLIERE

Believe Enjoyment Oneself Prospect Trust
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
MOLIERE

Boredom Happiness Hard Time
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
MOLIERE

Fruit Growth Slow Tree
Books and marriage go ill together.
MOLIERE

Book Marriage Sick
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
MOLIERE

Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
MOLIERE

Act Best Blow Forget Pride Success
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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Consistent Ridiculous Suitable
Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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Dance Man One Liner
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
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Death People Remedy Sick
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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Best Insult Man Patience Reply Wisdom
Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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Desire Human Known Oneself Weakness
Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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Death Ourselves
Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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Human Myself

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